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Climate Change Under Nepa: Avoiding Cursory Consideration Of Greenhouse Gases, Amy L. Stein Jan 2010

Climate Change Under Nepa: Avoiding Cursory Consideration Of Greenhouse Gases, Amy L. Stein

University of Colorado Law Review

Neither the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA') nor its implementing regulations require consideration of climate change in NEPA documentation. Yet an evergrowing body of NEPA case law related to climate change is making it increasingly difficult for a federal agency to avoid discussing the impacts of those emissions under NEPA in its Environmental Impact Statements ("EISs'). Although consideration of climate change in NEPA documents sounds right in theory, within the current legal framework, the NEPA documents provide only lip service to the goals of NEPA without any meaningful consideration of climate change. An empirical evaluation of two years of selected …


Trust And The Green Consumer: The Fight For Accountability In Renewable Energy Credits, Kelly Crandall Jan 2010

Trust And The Green Consumer: The Fight For Accountability In Renewable Energy Credits, Kelly Crandall

University of Colorado Law Review

Renewable energy credits ("RECs")--commodities representing a megawatt-hour of renewable electricity but tradable separately from the electricity itself-developed to encourage renewable energy investment and to allow individuals and corporations without direct access to renewable energy to subsidize its construction. RECs can be sold voluntarily or applied to state-imposed renewable energy purchase obligations. These state mandates, known as renewable portfolio standards, have contributed dramatically to the demand for RECs. Yet, despite their popularity, RECs are regulated inconsistently: neither federal nor state consumer protection law fully mitigates the opportunities they create for deceptive advertising. This Comment critiques the existing regulatory scheme (or lack …


Green Buildings, High Performance Buildings, And Sustainable Construction: Does It Really Matter What We Call Them, Darren A. Prum Jan 2010

Green Buildings, High Performance Buildings, And Sustainable Construction: Does It Really Matter What We Call Them, Darren A. Prum

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Stopping Nuclear Power Plants: A Memoir, Louis J. Sirico Jr. Jan 2010

Stopping Nuclear Power Plants: A Memoir, Louis J. Sirico Jr.

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


It's Getting Hot In Here, So Take Away All The Arctic's Resources: A Look At Melting Arctic And The Hot Competition For Its Resources, Andrew Van Wagner Jan 2010

It's Getting Hot In Here, So Take Away All The Arctic's Resources: A Look At Melting Arctic And The Hot Competition For Its Resources, Andrew Van Wagner

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Spirit Food And Sovereignty: Pathways For Protecting Indigenous Peoples' Subsistence Rights , Allison M. Dussias Jan 2010

Spirit Food And Sovereignty: Pathways For Protecting Indigenous Peoples' Subsistence Rights , Allison M. Dussias

Cleveland State Law Review

The Article examines three pathways recently followed by tribes and Native communities in seeking protection of their rights to valued subsistence resources focusing on the legal principles and theories on which they have relied, including treaty rights, environmental law, tribal sovereignty, and international human rights law, as they have followed their different pathways.


State Fish Stocking Programs At Risk: Takings Under The Endangered Species Act, Amy L. Stein Jan 2010

State Fish Stocking Programs At Risk: Takings Under The Endangered Species Act, Amy L. Stein

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Multiscalar Governance And Climate Change: Reflections On The Role Of States And Cities At Copenhagen, Hari M. Osofsky Jan 2010

Multiscalar Governance And Climate Change: Reflections On The Role Of States And Cities At Copenhagen, Hari M. Osofsky

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Pdg Land Development, Inc. V. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Department Of Environmental Protection: Pennsylvania's Environmental Hearing Board Declares All Streams Are Created Equal, Heather Garleb Jan 2010

Pdg Land Development, Inc. V. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Department Of Environmental Protection: Pennsylvania's Environmental Hearing Board Declares All Streams Are Created Equal, Heather Garleb

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


King Of The Hill: Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition V. Aracoma Coal Company And The Battle Raging Between The Coal Industry And Environmentalists Over Mountaintop Mining, Michael Braverman Jan 2010

King Of The Hill: Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition V. Aracoma Coal Company And The Battle Raging Between The Coal Industry And Environmentalists Over Mountaintop Mining, Michael Braverman

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


U.S. Navy Torpedoes Nepa: Winter V. Natural Resources Defense Council May Sink Future Environmental Pleas Brought Under The National Environmental Policy Act, John C. Stellakis Jan 2010

U.S. Navy Torpedoes Nepa: Winter V. Natural Resources Defense Council May Sink Future Environmental Pleas Brought Under The National Environmental Policy Act, John C. Stellakis

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


It's Not Easy Green: Metropolitan Taxicab Reveals Hurdles Posed By Federal Preemption To State And Local Environmental Initiatives, Paul Liebeskind Jan 2010

It's Not Easy Green: Metropolitan Taxicab Reveals Hurdles Posed By Federal Preemption To State And Local Environmental Initiatives, Paul Liebeskind

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Out Of The Rabbit Hole: The D.C. Circuit Brings The Epa Back From Wonderland In New Jersey V. Epa, J. Brian Hudson Jan 2010

Out Of The Rabbit Hole: The D.C. Circuit Brings The Epa Back From Wonderland In New Jersey V. Epa, J. Brian Hudson

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Is The European Laboratory Over-Reach-Ing - The Experimentation, Reaction And Product Yielded By The European Union's Registration, Evaluation, And Authorization Of Chemicals, Conrad Bendetto Jan 2010

Is The European Laboratory Over-Reach-Ing - The Experimentation, Reaction And Product Yielded By The European Union's Registration, Evaluation, And Authorization Of Chemicals, Conrad Bendetto

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Monumentally Inadequate: Conservation At Any Cost Under The Antiquities Act, Mark Laemmle Jan 2010

Monumentally Inadequate: Conservation At Any Cost Under The Antiquities Act, Mark Laemmle

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Something Stinks: The Need For Environmental Regulation Of Puppy Mills, Melissa Towsey Jan 2010

Something Stinks: The Need For Environmental Regulation Of Puppy Mills, Melissa Towsey

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Beyond Chemicals: The Lessons That Toxic Substance Regulatory Reform Can Learn From Nanotechnology, Scott Bomkamp Jan 2010

Beyond Chemicals: The Lessons That Toxic Substance Regulatory Reform Can Learn From Nanotechnology, Scott Bomkamp

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.